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The final series before the All-Star Break begins today and despite actually being about 57-58% through the season, it’s considered the mid season mark. The record is a disappointment for sure but a lot of the underlying factors are trending positive.

For the first time in a long while, the offense ranks as above average. Sure, a lot of that is Raul Ibanez and Kendrys Morales, but Smoak, Seager, Franklin and Miller are producing and after a stint in Tacoma, perhaps Ackley will get back on track as well.

That the Mariners’ -5 overall run mark ranks 12th shows a bit how the teams are slightly lopsided this season, tilted toward some legit powerhouses like Detroit, Boston, St. Louis and, somehow, Pittsburgh.

I’m out and about again this weekend so this is yet another abbreviated commentary preview. Here are some bullet points. This series I’m feeling:

Most optimistic about Kyle Seager. There’s nothing to pick out as a problem.

Most pessimistic about Nick Franklin. Franklin’s one walk and 19 strikeouts in the past two weeks is a blaring klaxon PTSD’ing me to Ackley.

Mariner I’m most looking for to not being a Mariner is Raul Ibanez. At this point, it’s actually about the potential return in a trade than anything else, but I’m also not sure who takes his playing time in the outfield. Which is itself a horrible and predictable result of this winter’s terrible roster planning.

Rainier I’m most looking forward to being a Mariner is no longer Erasmo Ramirez so, I don’t know, Brian Moran?

Batter

PA

P/PA

Slash line

nBB

K (sw)

1B/2B/3B/HR

Sw-

Ct+

Qual+

K Seager*

61

3.8

.358/.426/.623

7

6 (5)

13 / 2 / 0 / 4

97

114

155

R Ibanez*

56

4.2

.314/.393/.608

5

12 (11)

10 / 1 / 1 / 4

97

98

118

B Miller*

56

3.8

.286/.375/.469

7

13 (12)

7 / 5 / 2 / 0

105

96

118

K Morales^

55

3.8

.314/.364/.608

4

12 (10)

9 / 3 / 0 / 4

115

99

123

N Franklin^

49

4.0

.250/.265/.438

1

19 (17)

7 / 3 / 0 / 2

109

90

108

M Zunino

47

3.6

.205/.277/.227

3

10 (8)

8 / 1 / 0 / 0

110

91

88

J Smoak^

47

3.9

.357/.438/.619

5

8 (5)

8 / 5 / 0 / 2

96

109

139

E Chavez*

37

3.5

.303/.395/.364

4

4 (4)

8 / 2 / 0 / 0

102

99

92

D Ackley*

36

3.9

.212/.278/.303

3

6 (4)

4 / 3 / 0 / 0

99

100

91

M Saunders*

30

4.3

.280/.400/.600

4

8 (6)

2 / 3 / 1 / 1

93

98

109

J Bay

27

4.1

.208/.321/.625

3

9 (6)

1 / 1 / 0 / 3

88

84

150

Batter

PA

P/PA

Slash line

nBB

SO (sw)

1B/2B/3B/HR

Sw-

Ct+

Qual+

A Pujols

46

4.0

.225/.326/.375

6

6 (5)

7 / 0 / 0 / 2

102

108

102

J Hamilton*

46

3.8

.333/.435/.744

7

10 (8)

5 / 4 / 0 / 4

105

92

143

M Trumbo

44

3.6

.238/.250/.500

1

14 (12)

5 / 2 / 0 / 3

108

81

71

E Aybar^

43

3.8

.350/.372/.425

2

5 (5)

12 / 1 / 1 / 0

103

114

122

M Trout

43

4.1

.361/.523/.667

7

7 (5)

6 / 5 / 0 / 2

79

102

155

H Kendrick

42

4.0

.244/.286/.512

1

8 (8)

6 / 0 / 1 / 3

125

101

70

A Callaspo^

41

3.8

.237/.293/.289

3

3 (2)

7 / 2 / 0 / 0

99

113

72

J Shuck*

36

3.9

.306/.306/.417

0

4 (3)

8 / 2 / 1 / 0

96

116

75

H Conger^

23

3.8

.286/.348/.667

2

5 (5)

2 / 2 / 0 / 2

95

103

156

MARINERS

ΔMs

ANGELS

EDGE

INFIELD

-4.7 (18th)

-1.6

-15.6 (28th)

Mariners

OUTFIELD

-12.0 (24th)

-0.9

8.0 (10th)

Angels

RBBIP

0.317 (25th)

+.002

0.313 (20th)

Angels

OVERALL

-16.7 (23rd)

-2.5

-7.6 (19th)

ANGELS

12 JUL 19:10 – JOE SAUNDERS* vs JEROME WILLIAMS

13 JUL 19:10 – FELIX HERNANDEZ vs JERED WEAVER

14 JUL 13:10 – HISASHI IWAKUMA vs JOE BLANTON

Reliever

BF

Str+

nBB

Ct-

K(sw)

GB+

HR

Qual-

LI

B Beavan

56

112

4

108

9 (8)

79

3

122

0.6

C Furbush*

53

107

1

92

19 (14)

96

1

139

1.3

D Farquhar

52

104

4

89

16 (12)

99

2

106

1.2

O Perez*

48

108

3

85

18 (13)

56

1

97

1.7

T Wilhelmsen

46

102

5

95

10 (7)

95

2

106

1.2

Y Medina

43

98

4

98

10 (9)

132

0

108

2.1

C Capps

42

99

5

105

8 (5)

93

4

121

0.6

Reliever

BF

Str+

nBB

Ct-

K(sw)

GB+

HR

Qual-

LI

G Richards

56

97

7

98

8 (7)

160

0

86

0.8

D De La Rosa

50

112

1

89

15 (13)

106

1

96

0.9

E Frieri

49

109

3

90

23 (19)

79

0

74

1.6

K Jepsen

46

96

4

110

8 (7)

93

0

84

1.9

M Kohn

40

105

4

101

7 (7)

62

3

82

0.6

B Buckner

34

98

3

114

5 (4)

87

2

127

0.4

S Downs*

26

96

2

94

7 (4)

113

0

112

1.5

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